Chinese word

香烟

Pronunciation

Pinyinxiāng yān

Meaning

  • nouncigarette

Example

他买了一包香烟。tā mǎi le yì bāo xiāng yān

He bought a pack of cigarettes.

Illustration for 香烟 (cigarette)

More examples

孩子闻到香烟味就开始咳嗽。hái zi wén dào xiāng yān wèi jiù kāi shǐ ké sòu

When the child smelled cigarette smoke, he started coughing.

Core concept

A short paper-wrapped roll of tobacco whose smoke is drawn in through the mouth.

Common phrases

  • 香烟包装xiāng yān bāo zhuāng

    cigarette packaging

  • 销售香烟xiāo shòu xiāng yān

    sell cigarettes

  • 禁止香烟广告jìn zhǐ xiāng yān guǎng gào

    ban cigarette advertising

Similar words

烟yān: An everyday spoken term for a cigarette.
卷烟juǎn yān: A manufactured cigarette formed by rolling tobacco in paper, usually with a filter.
烟草yān cǎo: Tobacco leaves or dried leaves that provide the material for smoking products.

Definition in Chinese

指用纸将烟草卷成条状，点燃后吸入烟雾以供抽吸的烟草制品。zhǐ yòng zhǐ jiāng yān cǎo juǎn chéng tiáo zhuàng diǎn rán hòu xī rù yān wù yǐ gōng chōu xī de yān cǎo zhì pǐn

Word origin

香 (xiāng, "fragrant") + 烟 (yān, "smoke") literally means "fragrant smoke," and the compound came to name the rolled tobacco product used for smoking.

Usage tips

  • Everyday quantities use 支 (zhī, "measure word for slender items") for single units and 包 (bāo, "pack") for packages, so the measure word shows what is being counted.

Related words

  • 香烟税xiāng yān shuìcigarette taxnoun
  • 香烟盒xiāng yān hécigarette boxnoun

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